12 Facts About Craig Hawker

Craig Jon Hawker was born on 11 January 1964 and is an Australian-born chemist.

Craig Hawker's research has focused on the interface between organic and polymer chemistry, with emphasis on the design, synthesis, and application of well-defined macromolecular structures in biotechnology, microelectronics, and surface science.

In 2021, Craig Hawker was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to polymer chemistry through synthetic organic chemistry concepts and the advancement of molecular engineering principles.

Craig Hawker is the director of the California Nanosystems Institute and holds a number of other laboratory directorships at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Craig Hawker was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.

Craig Hawker was born in Australia and attended high school in Queensland.

Craig Hawker worked with Professor Alan R Battersby at Cambridge University on his post-graduate studies achieving his PhD in bio-organic chemistry.

Craig Hawker then moved to the United States to pursue post-graduate work at Cornell University in 1988.

In 1990, Craig Hawker returned to Queensland as a Queen Elizabeth II Research fellow at the University of Queensland.

Craig Hawker is the director of the California NanoSystems Institute, co-director of the Materials Research Laboratory, and the Alan and Ruth Heeger Professor of Interdisciplinary Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

In 2012, Craig Hawker won the Centenary Prize from the Royal Society for developing strategies for the design of new polymers, which has had a major influence in the area and on those studying polymers.

Craig Hawker is researching nanostructured materials in areas associated with microelectronics and biotechnology.